Review of State Plans for Use of Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Funds

The objectives of our review were to review States’ initial 45-day GEER Fund reports to determine how States plan to allocate funds to entities within the three authorized categories: local educational agencies (LEA), institutions of higher education (IHE), and education-related entities, and the criteria upon which these decisions were based; and review GEER Fund annual reports to identify changes to and progress made from the initial plans in the 45-day reports. We found that within the three authorized entity categories, 45 States (87 percent) planned to allocate GEER funds to LEAs, 39 States (75 percent) planned to allocate funds to IHEs, and 36 States (69 percent) planned to allocate funds to other education-related entities. Further, we found that 41 States (79 percent) planned to allocate GEER funds among more than one entity category. Of the remaining 11 States, 5 States (10 percent) planned to allocate funds to only LEAs, 3 States (6 percent) to only IHEs, and 2 States (4 percent) to only other education-related entities. One State did not include information that specified its intended allocation of funds by entity category.